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Explore the extraordinary legacy of W.B. Yeats through a collection that brings together his finest poetry, personal reflections, and writings on Ireland's literary revival. Known for his romantic and lyrical style of poetry, Yeats's work was often inspired by Irish myths, spiritualism, love, longing and loss. His later work became more modernist in style, challenging poetic conventions and shifting to a political focus. This audiobook edition is expertly read by Aidan Kelly.

"A kaleidoscopic and finely-tuned voice full of acuity, wit, intelligence and, perhaps most importantly, a deep and defiant love for a world burning at its edges. I am so grateful to have come upon this true poet." —Ocean Vuong A gorgeous collection of poems exploring womanhood, sisterhood...

Trouble is brewing at the home of the hero Odysseus, who has spent years fighting in the Trojan Wars and is now captive of the beautiful nymph Calypso. Hordes of suitors to his wife have invaded the family house, and Odysseus' son Telemachus sets out to find his father. Freed from the clutches of Calypso after the intervention of Zeus, Odysseus begins his epic return journey.

The intensely confessional work of Japan’s most famous modernist poet, considered the Japanese Rimbaud, whose poems have inspired cultlike devotion—especially among fans of the hit anime show Bungo Stray Dogs—in a brilliant new translation, the most comprehensive in English A Penguin...

Read by the author, John Stammers ‘Beneath the sharp social satire lurks a psychological insight, a sensitivity to a profound cultural inheritance’ The Times In 2023 the poet John Stammers was struck by a sudden and life-threatening health crisis and came very close to death. By some miracle...

Et lig bliver fundet i en brandtomt indemuret i skorstenen. Liget bliver identificeret som Mats Persson - en mand der forsvandt sporløst en novemberaften i 1983. Ved undersøgelsen af Mats´ forsvinden i 80´erne kom det frem, at Mats tilsyneladende var kommet lidt for tæt på sandheden om...

O corvo é a obra mais famosa de Edgar Allan Poe, e considerado um dos poemas mais perfeitos já escritos por sua estrutura estética e literária. O enredo versa sobre os delírios de um homem após a morte de sua amada, Lenora, e trata sobre a dor da perda, a falta de esperança e a angústia da existência.

From one of Poland's most acclaimed poets comes a new collection of poems and plays spanning almost five decades and translated for the first time. Encapsulating the prolific work of the poet and playwright Zbigniew Herbert, Reconstruction of the Poet is both a celebration of a profound life of...

Richard Osmond won the Seamus Heaney Prize for his widely praised first collection, Useful Verses. His second, Rock, Paper, Scissors, presents an extraordinary, collaged response to the poet’s direct experience of the terrorist attack in London on June 3rd, 2017. Osmond has written a powerful...

Roberto Malini, che da oltre trent'anni si dedica allo studio dell'Olocausto e a progetti di educazione alla Memoria, ha incontrato, soprattutto in Israele e in Italia, numerosi sopravvissuti ebrei e 'zingari': a loro sono dedicate le sue "Poesie dell'Olocausto". Il poeta presenta inoltre le sue versioni in italiano di alcune poesie di autori scomparsi nell'Olocausto o scampati ai campi di morte: Henja e Ayala Karmel, Jankiel Wiernik, Paul Celan, anonimi del Ghetto di Kovno e dalla comunità sefardita della Grecia, Wladislaw Szlengel, Tamara Deuel.

Roberto Malini, che da oltre trent'anni si dedica allo studio dell'Olocausto e a progetti di educazione alla Memoria, ha incontrato, soprattutto in Israele e in Italia, numerosi sopravvissuti ebrei e 'zingari': a loro sono dedicate le sue "Poesie dell'Olocausto". Il poeta presenta inoltre le sue versioni in italiano di alcune poesie di autori scomparsi nell'Olocausto o scampati ai campi di morte: Henja e Ayala Karmel, Jankiel Wiernik, Paul Celan, anonimi del Ghetto di Kovno e dalla comunità sefardita della Grecia, Wladislaw Szlengel, Tamara Deuel.

Brought to you by Penguin. Dearly: Poems is written and read by Margaret Atwood. The collection of a lifetime from the bestselling novelist and poet By turns moving, playful and wise, the poems gathered in Dearly are about absences and endings, ageing and retrospection, but also about gifts and...

何事もなく一日を過ごす難しさ、 いま生きているこの時間や、死、ひとが旅立つということ……。 ――日々の生活から浮かんで来た言葉から詩が始まる。 2016年9月26日から朝日新聞で始まった連載「どこからか言葉が」の後半をまとめた、谷川俊太郎がさいごに遺した「感謝」を含む47篇。

Ce recueil rassemble cinq poèmes écrits par deux poètes, Hamed Ashour et Haidar Alghazali, et une poétesse Nisrine Suleimane, vivant aujourd'hui à Gaza, ce recueil rassemble : une supplique pour emporter cette nuit qui pèse sur nos poitrines, une question « Comment tu vas ? Je vais en ruines » une voix de gardien dans un cimetière à Gaza, une envie de mourir dans un lit, pour rien, ni pour une cause, ni pour quelqu'un, une pensée de goutte d'eau. Ce qui relie ces poèmes, c'est la présence entremêlée de la vie et la mort.

One of the Toronto Star’s 25 books to read this season One of Indigo’s Most Anticipated Books and Top 100 Books of 2024 An extraordinary career-spanning collection from one of the most revered poets and storytellers of our age. Tracing the legacy of Margaret Atwood—a writer who has...

INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER Included on The Guardian’s Best Recent Poetry Longlisted for the 2024 UK Poet Laureate's Laurel Prize One of the Globe and Mail's most anticipated books of 2024 Named a Best Book of 2024 by Winnipeg Free Press With A Year of Last Things, acclaimed...

Wild Hope is Donna Ashworth's powerful new collection of wisdom to help us find hope, peace, self-acceptance and inspiration on the days we feel worn down, helpless or sad. Written with love and understanding, Donna reminds us that amidst our daily struggles and constant outpourings of bad news we have so much to hope for, and that every one of us can play a part, big or small, in making the world a better place.

Unsung, Arunoday Singh’s first volume of poetry, presents a collection of his most popular work alongside new material, where he delves inwards and probes questions of love, loss, longing-everything that ails the human heart.He has amassed a large, involved following on Instagram, where he...

In haunted poems glinting with laughter, Saeed Jones explores the public and private betrayals of life as we know it. With verve, wit, and elegant craft, Jones strips away American artifice in order to reveal the intimate grief of a mourning son and the collective grief bearing down on all of us.

Naomi Shihab Nye has spent thirty-five years traveling the world to lead writing workshops and inspire students of all ages. In her newest collection Transfer she draws on her Palestinian American heritage, the cultural diversity of her home in Texas, and her extensive travel experiences to create a poetry collection that attests to our shared humanity.